Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 688 · Decided 8 October 2013
Union of India & ANR. v. National Federation of the Blind & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 688 · [2013] 9 S.C.R. 1023
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9096/2013
- Decided
- 8 October 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL A B OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL C PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995: s. 33 - Reservation of posts for persons with disabilities - Held: Section 33 Jays down that every appropriate Government has to appoint on a minimum of persons with disabilities, out of which 1% D each shall be reserved for (i) persons suffering from blindness and low vision, (ii) persons suffering from hearing impairment and (iii) persons suffering from locomotor or cerebral palsy - - View of the High Court that computation of
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)